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The Behaviour and Personality Assessment in Dogs (Beteende och personlighetsbeskrivning hund), commonly abbreviated as BPH, is a behavioural assessment developed by the Swedish Kennel Club (SKK) in May 2012 [1] [2] that aims to accurately describe the personality of a dog irrespective of whether it is a working, pet or breeding dog.
Progressive overload is a method of strength training and hypertrophy training that advocates for the gradual increase of the stress placed upon the musculoskeletal and nervous system. [1] The principle of progressive overload suggests that the continual increase in the total workload during training sessions will stimulate muscle growth and ...
Temperament testing in wolfhounds is an old and proven form of mild dog fighting used in young dogs to test their temperament. For example, an American standard for an Irish Wolfhound is defined as "a large, rough-coated, greyhound-like dog, fast enough to catch a wolf and strong enough to kill it."
The adaptation of the load is called supercompensation. Initial fitness, training, recovery, and supercompensation. First put forth by Russian scientist Nikolai N. Yakovlev in 1949–1959, [2] this theory is a basic principle of athletic training.
In physical rehabilitation and sports training, the SAID principle asserts that the human body adapts specifically to imposed demands. [1] It demonstrates that, given stressors on the human system, there will be a Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demands (SAID). [2]
A dog with degenerative myelopathy often stands with its legs close together and may not correct an unusual foot position due to a lack of conscious proprioception. Canine degenerative myelopathy, also known as chronic degenerative radiculomyelopathy, is an incurable, progressive disease of the canine spinal cord that is similar in many ways to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
The multi-stage fitness test is also part of most health-related fitness test batteries for children and adolescents, such as Eurofit, [3] Alpha-fit, [3] FitnessGram [4] [3] and ASSOFTB. [ 5 ] The multi-stage fitness test was first described by Luc Léger [ 6 ] with the original 1-minute protocol, which starts at a speed of 8.5 km/h, and ...
However, it can also occur without any interaction with a raccoon. It can happen in any breed of dog. When associated with a raccoon bite, the symptoms start 7 to 11 days after the bite, [3] and include rear leg weakness progressing rapidly to paresis, and decreased reflexes. When not associated with a raccoon bite, the same symptoms occur ...